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VOL. II, NO._~,q ST. THOMAS COLLEGE, SCRANTON, P_~::~,'FEBRUARY 17, 1933
Authorities Give Data'
,Concerning Shean Award
After a lull of almost two months
.in intercollegiate competition, the debating
teams of St. Thomas College
renewed their forensic activities last
week by engaging the squads of three
major eastern colleges. On Tuesday
evening, February seventh,' the negative
debating squad met the representatives
from .cennsylvania State
College in the Scranton Chamber of
Commerce auditorium. Mr. Gerald
Freedman, of Plains, and Mr. William
Missett, of Carbondale, both
members of the senior class, represented
the Purple and White. Karl
Strohl and Milton Baldinger, local
residents, comgrised Penn State's
team. For the second time the auditorium
was filled to capacity. . St.
Thomas won the decision by the vote
of two to one. The judges were
Hon. John J. Owens, chairman, Attorney
Linus Hoban, and Dr. Martin
T, O'Malley.
On Friday the affirmative debating
team comprised of Robert
O'Brien; Dominic Motsay, and Vincent
Kelleher, journeyed to Boston
where they encountered Boston College.
On Sunday evening, they opposed
the team from Holy Cross college
in Worcester. The local orators
were not very successful in these two
contests, losing the verdict both times
to the opposition. In the first en'
gagement a two-man team was used
while in the latter three men debated:
The negative debating team will
meet the Canisius College forensic
squad, old rivals of St. Thomas in
debating as well as athletics, next
Saturday evening in Buffalo. The
Blue and Gold have a good team
this 'year, as usual, and are expected
to give the St. Thomas orators with
a victory over Penn State to' their
credit, a tough argument. The subject
for debate will be the cancellation
of reparations and war debts,
Canisius will oppose St. Thomas on
a local platform in the early part of
April.
On the following Monday night,
the local collegians will meet for the
first time the Niagara University debaters.
In this debate only war debts
will be included in the discussion
with St. Thomas again opposing can:
cellation. -
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'Tommies Lose to Boston
College and Holy
Cross After Defeating
State.
WILLIAM MISSETT
CO-CHAIRMAN
Dr. Charles E. Thomson, Sr., one
of the outstandi1J.g members of the
medical profession in Northeastern
Pennsylvania, and superintendent of
Thomson's P I' i vat e Hospital and
Nurses Training School at 345 Wyoming
Ave., died last Monday afternoon
at his home in the hospital
building. Dr. Thomson was stricken
ill, suddenly, in December. His condition
gradually became worse and
ended in his death. Because of his
active interest in all organizations
pertaining to his profession, Dr.
Thomson's death is a great loss.
The funeral Mass, read yesterday
in the Cathedral, was attended by a
large number of students from the
college and by the faculty members.
Besides his son, Dr. Charles Thomson,
Jr., a member of the faculty of
St. Thomas college, he is survived by
the following members of his immediate
family: his widow, Mrs. Charles
Tho m son, two daughters, Mrs.
Thomas Brown and Mis& Tanet C
Thomson. and two sons, Ke~neth C.
Thomson and R. Kelvin Thomson.
CharlesThomson,
Prominent Local
Doctor, Expires
F~ther '0(- iVt e~ 'j)' ~- r' of
College Faculty Succumbs.
Thomas Quinn Elected
New President of S.fS. C.
Meeting in the College Chapel on During the course of the meeting
Wednesday afternoon, the Student Brother Augustine, the society's modSpiritual
Council elected new of- erator, complimented Mr. Hinton on
f f the splendid manner in which he
icers or the ensuing year. This conducted the Council's activities
society, one of the most active re- during the time of his ,",residency,
ligious clubs in the college, has charge Plans were made for the observance
of all the smaller religious activities.' of the monthly Devotions day which
Thomas F. nuinn, a member of will take place on the twenty-fourth
the' Sophomore Science Class,. was of February. It was decided that
elected President of the group; suc- I the regular class monthly meetings
'ceeding Thomas .Hinton, who is a will be combined with the Devotions
member of this year's graduating Day this month, and that a few
cI.ass. \yilliam Vanston was elected students prominent in religious acVlce-
president, and Patrick Whelan tivities will address the student body.
and Joseph Missett were elected sec- The next meeting of the Council will
retary and treasurer respectively. be held in the early part of March.
Official Notices
The maximum grade in a repeated
course shall be "C". It
is possible, therefore, to gain
but one quality point for each
credit hour in the repeated
course.
The attention of the students
is again called to the minimum
requirement in quality points
for each year. This requirement
is as follows:
Termination of Freshman
year-thirty points.
Termination of Sophomore
year-sixty points.
Termination of Junior yearninety
points.
For graduation-one hundred
thirty two points.
This requirement for Freshmen,
Sophomores, and Juniors
will be waived only for the
most serious reasons. It shall
not be waived for graduation.
An elaborate dance, known as the
St. Thomas College Informal, will be
conducted by the various classes, fraternities,
clubs, and extra-curricular
organizations on Friday evening,
February twenty-fourth, in the Town
Hall. It marks the initial time in the
history of St. Thomas social life, that
every group affiliated in any way
with the interests of our institution
has joined in an effort to make this
affair the largest and most successful
social event ever held by the St.
Thomas student body.
William Missett, of Carbondale,
and James Kelly, of Plains, both
members of the senior class, were
elected co-chairmen of the affair by
representatives of various groups active
in school life. Plans have been
made by special feature committees,
under the chairmanship of Thomas
Carey, for the providing of various
sorts of entertainment during the
evening.
Music for dancing will be played
by the St. Thomas college orchestra,
under the leadership of Al Munchak.
This aggregation of musical talent
has be.en making a name for itself
throughout the valley during the last
year. Special guest stars will add to
the variety of the program.
The hall will present a lively St.
Thomas atmosphere with Purple and
White streamers and banners forming
a background. The work of decoration
and arrangement has oeen
assigned to the Art society of the
College, under the guidance of William
Vanston.
The general Chairmen of this affair
will be ably assisted by the following
committees:
Executive Committee-.Tames 0 'Mara,
Anthony Granahan, ""Villian Vanston,
Vincent Quinn, Nicholas Patrick,
•John R. Reap, Abe Bernstein, .Tames
Loftus, Ray Roache, Thomas Hinton,
Vincent Kellcher, .Toseph Reilly, Peter
Petroski, Al Munchak .Tames Gatto,
Isadore Stahler, Anthon~' Colueei, lia,roM
Wedeman, .Tohn Ritsko, William
Tedesco, Frank Summa, Charles Gallagher,
Robert Butterly, pominic Mot-
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JAMES KELLY
CO-CHAIRMAN
head of the Philosophy department
on or before March first. The
manuscript of the essay must be submitted
before May twenty-fifth. For
any further information concerning
the prize all students interested in
competing are requested to consult
Brother Emilian.
Last year Mr. Arnold Coplan was
the winner of the contest. The title
of Mr. Coplan's essay was, "The
Philosophical Implications of the
Theory of Relativity." Mr..Coplan
was one of the most active members
of last year's Senior class. He was
also winner of the prize given by the
Social Science For:um.
Prominent Local Newspaperman
T a I k s to
Journalism Classes.
Announcement has recently been
made that the Shean Philos~phyprize,
awarded each year to the student in
the Junior or Senior class who has
shown unusual ability in the field of
Philosophy, will be again given this
year at the Commencement exercises
in June. The prize will be awarded
for the best essay entitled, "A Critique
of the Modern Idea of God."
To qualify for the prize the student
must have attained an average of at
least eighty-five per cent in each of
the courses pursued in the Philosophy
Department, and must have enrolled
as a candidate for the prize with the
The members of the Journalism
classes of St. Thomas college were
privileged to hear Thomas Murphy,
associate editor of the SCRANTON
TIMES, deliver an instructive and
compelling address to them on the
profession of journalism yesterday
afternoon in the college library.
Mr. Murphy, who has been associated
with the TIMES since its inception,
drew from his rich and varied
experiences in this ~olorful profession
a repertory of anecdotes that
thrilled an intensely interested audience.
With a few of these pointed
anecdotes, he revealed the romance,
the lure of the game that grips one,
that impels a reporter on, regardless
of adverse conditions, of impossible
barriers to "spot" and garner the 1----------------
news. He explained that monetary •• •
reward is not the only reward that ActIVities Banquet comes to a news writer; there is an-other,
an inner reward of the fine W·II T k PI satisfaction of seeing one's article in 1 a e ace
print, even though there be no name
a~.itMurphy ca~not agree with Thursday Night
sOme o(-these'on,ewspapermen, wnc"
hold that acollege education is of no CollegeOrganizations to
particular advantage preparatory to Be Guests of Brother
a journalistic career. If for no other
reason but the fact, Mr. Murphy Denis Edward.
maintains, that, a college education
broadens one's background, impart- The active members of the various
ing a certain positive degree of cos- . 1 ... h
l't' d . . lity extra-curncu ar orgam-zatlOns m t e
mopo 1 amsm an 1mpartla. II '11 b th t f R
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urp y exp ame qUlte t ~roulgi .y to be held'.in the Hotel Casey on
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aspects. He. cpntt;asted conservatism T~urs ay eve~mg, ~ ruary twen y
and radicalism', in', present-day make- ~h1rd. <?n thIS occaSlOn the Deba~up.,
He deplored the "high pressure" mg SOCIety, the Student Councl1,
methods practised by the blatant the Football and Basketball teams,
"yellow" journals of today. the .Orchestra ~nd Band, and the
On Wednesday, Thursday, and Aqumas Staff w111 be represent~d..
Friday afternoons of next week, the Last year the banquet w~s hm1ted
members of the Journalism classes to the members of the Aqumas staff
will be personally conducted by only.. T~is year, howeve~, the oth~r
Anthony O'Malley Managing Editor orgamzatlOns have been mcluded m
of the TIMES, tm'ough the modern ap~reciation for the ex,:cllent work
TIMES plant. Beginning with the as- whIch they have accomphshed.
signment book, Mr. O'Malley will After the dinner, the work of the
explain how the beats are laid out different groups will be discussed.
for the reporters, how the news is There will be, however, no prepared
gathered, the manner in which the speeches and no formality in the disrewrites
are handled, the methods cussion. Those who attended the
employed in the typesetting process, banquet last year will recall that the
and finally concluding the inspection, same procedure was followed. This
in the pressroom in time to see the informality lends a friendly atmos'
market edition of the TIMES as it phere so necessary to the expression
rolls off the press. of candid opinion.